Amegu Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amegu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amegu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5111:346,65918,769
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Amegu (42) may also be a first name.

Amegu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amegu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Amegu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amegu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amegu is the 585,898th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Amegu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 42 people.

The last name Amegu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 346,659. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 91 percent live, Delta, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amaegu9118/
Ameagu917/
Amegou911/
Amegoud839/
Amegouz839/
Gamegou831/
Amogu801,945/
Amagu801,577/
Emegu80434/
Omegu80186/
Amigu8027/
Amigud7368/
Omeagu7359/
Amigou7357/
Amigus7351/
Emeghu7323/
Aimagu7319/
Emegou7318/
Hamigu7317/
Amigau7311/
Amigut737/
Emeagu734/
Aumigu731/
Omaegu731/
Omoegu731/
Aymogu731/
Omeguh731/
Omegus731/
Amaingu679/
Amigoud672/
Amaggou672/
Amajgou671/
Hamigou671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amegu
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